Degreed vs. Skilljar by Gainsight

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Degreed
Score 6.4 out of 10
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Degreed is a workforce upskilling platform boasting users among one in three Fortune 50 companies. It connects learning, talent development, and internal mobility opportunities to intelligence on the skills a business needs next. Degreed packages the capabilities in what the vendor provides as a simple, fluid, skill-building experience that’s powered by the user's own people’s expertise and interests to transform the workforce from within. Degreed is a learning…N/A
Skilljar by Gainsight
Score 8.5 out of 10
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Skilljar’s Customer Education LMS Platform is a solution to educate, engage, and retain everyone a business interacts with. An external LMS for customer and partner education, it is a Gainsight solution since the 2025 acquisition.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DegreedSkilljar by Gainsight
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDegreed for Enterprise provides SaaS based pricing with annual contracts aligned to an organization's size. Degreed is free for individuals.
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Features
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Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Degreed
8.5
Ratings
4% above category average
Skilljar by Gainsight
7.5
Ratings
0% above category average
Course authoring10.00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Course catalog or library8.00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Player/Portal10.00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Learning content9.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile friendly10.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications8.30 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Assignments8.00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Compliance management10.00 Ratings4.90 Ratings
Learning administration8.00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics4.40 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Social learning7.40 Ratings4.30 Ratings
Gamification00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Customer Training Tools
Comparison of Customer Training Tools features of Product A and Product B
Degreed
-
Ratings
Skilljar by Gainsight
7.0
Ratings
0% above category average
Customer Feedback Collection00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Customer Training Library Curation00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
User Permissioning00 Ratings6.40 Ratings
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User Ratings
DegreedSkilljar by Gainsight
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
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8.7
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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8.2
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Usability
-
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8.5
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Support Rating
8.8
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9.0
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Implementation Rating
-
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9.0
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User Testimonials
DegreedSkilljar by Gainsight
Likelihood to Recommend
Degreed is a software that is undoubtedly worth integrating in companies that plan or require the teaching of new topics and material to their employees. This platform is very easy to use, the interface is easy to use and provides detailed information on the learning that each of the employees has had, these learning details can be viewed by accessing the profile section of each employee. Degreed allows you to share strategic material with employees in the form of a "playlist" so that they can learn in an order of all the information. In addition, it allows you to create all kinds of certifications to provide employees with certificates based on behavior, evidence and approvers. These three certification phases make it possible to verify the information learned by the employee, in addition, they allow it to be known how much he has learned and what skills he has developed during that learning period. Without a doubt, Degreed is the best option for all companies that want to add learning content for their employees.
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Skilljar is fantastic for structured onboarding processes. If you're
looking to streamline and standardize the onboarding experience for your
customers, especially for software or complex products, this platform
is a gem. It allows you to create step-by-step courses guiding users
through functionalities, reducing confusion and accelerating their
learning curve.When you need versatility in content delivery, Skilljar is spot-on.
Whether it's video tutorials, interactive quizzes, downloadable
resources, or live webinars, the platform accommodates various formats.
It's perfect for accommodating different learning styles and ensuring
engagement.
For scenarios that demand highly complex simulations or immersive
learning experiences, Skilljar's capabilities might fall short. While it
supports interactive elements, extremely sophisticated simulations
might require additional specialized software or platforms.
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Pros
  • Enterprise-wide provisioning of required and/or optional trainings.
  • Clean presentation of anything our admin's need to show with great feedback opportunities and participation rates.
  • Accountability and progress tracking is pretty spot on as you progress through a course.
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  • Unlimited courses, learning paths, quizzes, pages, plans, and certifications
  • Ease of use for students, administrators, and content creators
  • Customer Success and Service are top notch. The CSMs are genuinely committed to helping you achieve your metrics and goals
  • Asking for and listening to customer feedback for enhancements
  • Developer Center where people with little to no coding experience can learn how to use and apply HTML templates and code snippets to customize your site
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Cons
  • Keeping in touch with co-workers in the same team is a little hard.
  • The news feed can be distracting with too many articles thrown at you.
  • Hard to keep track of most popular courses.
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  • Would love to see parent/child courses so that when something is updated in the parent course that change is automatically reflected in the clones of that course.
  • Features that allow for the translation of content to allow access to content across languages.
  • Re-onboarding process when the usage of Skilljar changes hands within out company in order to address knowledge gaps.
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Likelihood to Renew
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I like what you are using and how we are doing it. Also, changing systems is a lot of work
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Usability
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The overall usability is great as the software is very easy to learn and navigate. After just 1 week of "playing" around in the system I felt very comfortable using it and teaching others to use it as well. Customers have also mentioned Skilljar is a much better than out previous vendor
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Support Rating
While it's great for the management and tracking of employees learning, there is still room for growth. It could use more courses and content developed by Degreed rather than relying on external platforms content.
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The support team is great at Skilljar. Not perfect, but that can't be expected. Everyone I've worked with has been friendly, attentive, and fairly quick to respond/act. They also have a pretty sturdy set of Knowledge Base articles as well to self serve.
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Implementation Rating
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Do a good job of preparing your internal teams (IT, Salesforce, etc.) about the work they will have in the process
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Alternatives Considered
We did enough research to figure that Degreed was better. We did a free demo with both and decided to go with Degreed based on reviews and the way their system worked. The website is also easier to use, and more user-friendly. We do not regret our decision to have chosen Degreed.
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Skilljar provides stronger customization features, more code snippet options, more styling tools, and more effective integrations. These include Credly, Salesforce, and SCORM. Additionally, the catalog is all part of the same system, making it easy to manage. The analytics tools are also more robust, and the customer service is much more helpful and responsive
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Return on Investment
  • It has allowed employees to keep track of their learning progress, as well as allow them easy access to all courses across available platforms.
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  • Having Skilljar is improving retention—customers who completed recommended training made up 85% of our Q2'23 renewals.
  • Customers who completed the recommended training make up 84% of our healthiest accounts and we've seen a 15% decrease in support ticket volume.
  • Since launching Skilljar, we've seen a 16% increase in active users.
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ScreenShots

Degreed Screenshots

Screenshot of OverviewScreenshot of OpportunitiesScreenshot of GroupsScreenshot of ActivityScreenshot of Skills

Skilljar by Gainsight Screenshots

Screenshot of the Skilljar Dashboard, where all needed tools are accessed through a single interface.Screenshot of The training portal, which is the URL where published courses will be located, and where trainees can register for, access and complete training.

This URL can be set up as a custom domain using a website, like training.yoursite.com. Or a Skilljar domain can be used, like yoursite.skilljar.com. The look of the training portal can be customized to match a company's brand and colors.Screenshot of some of the analytics to measure  and track learner progress, in the analytics suite where content success is analyzedScreenshot of content that can be offered with Skilljar’s authoring tools. Multiple learning pathways based on user role, skillset, or use case can be created, as well as native video and audio with embedding from external hostsScreenshot of the built-in assessment & certifications engine that enables users to showcase their expertise, along with built-in assessment tools and verifiable badges and certificates.